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Kabuki Costume: Outer Robe (Uchikake) with Design of Lioness and Cubs

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Blue garment with short sleeves and a collar. The garment features a design with a brown lioness and two cubs on a branch surrounded by pink flowers, green leaves, and a waterfall. The lioness and one cub are climbing up the branch to the right; the second cub hangs from the branch near the center. The background has vertical orange and white stripes. The garment's bottom has a wave design. The background of the image is white.

Artwork details

Date:
Second half of the 19th century
Medium:
Silk, cotton, and metallic thread, glass, embroidered satin
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
432 × 624 px
Museum record:
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